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Old Music: The City – I Wasn't Born to Follow

Sometimes you think you know a song – only to hear a version that makes you reconsider everything you previously feltIf you had asked me, just a couple of months ago, what was the definitive version of Carole King's song I Wasn't Born to Follow, I would have pointed you in the direction of the Byrds' acid-tinged cosmic rock treatment. Released in 1968, on the album The Notorious Byrd Brothers, it was used to great effect on the soundtrack of Easy Rider the following year. Then, I might have me...

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11:22 on September 23 2011

Old Music: The City – I Wasn't Born to Follow

Guardian Music — Sometimes you think you know a song – only to hear a version that makes you reconsider everything you previously feltIf you had asked me, just a couple of months ago, w... more info